HpaC controls substrate specificity of the Xanthomonas type III secretion system.

The Gram-negative bacterial plant pathogen Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria employs a type III secretion (T3S) system to inject bacterial effector proteins into the host cell cytoplasm. One essential pathogenicity factor is HrpB2, which is secreted by the T3S system. We show that secretion of...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Christian Lorenz, Steve Schulz, Thomas Wolsch, Ombeline Rossier, Ulla Bonas, Daniela Büttner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-06-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2427183?pdf=render